Customer of mine back in 90s had a Golf Driving Range in Washington County Pa and had 30 Foot light towers which needed bulbs changed almost every year .
He contacted the local community VFD about changing the bulbs for a donation but they had no ladder truck so my customer called the company next door and they agreed it was great training to bring truck down to a nice big lot and train for couple hours setting the truck up for various scenarios. My customer would give them a nice check Hundred dollars plus and a book of free passes to come hit golf balls
They did this for several years but then the Fire company which was a combo paid and volunteer company had their IAFF Fire Fighters union tell them No more.
So now my customer who happened to be a representative for local 1085 Laborers union was upset over it
and no longer supported them because he always bought tickets for fundraisers off them so they lost twice. So we tried another fire company nearby see if they wanted to do it but they could not be bothered so they also got no further support from my customer who always bought tickets for fundraisers from them and other dept around the area as well as other non profit groups.
Couple of the radio stations I engineer for also tried doing advertising and promotional things as well with local fire dept to help them with Fundraising and same problems no interest from fire depts when asked . No one ever called back
Had same thing happen with a restaurant customer who always supported the local fire depts till one night he had a false alarm and the fire fighters responding where so nasty and damaged his property he no longer supports them.
and I can go on and on why depts get no help from local businesses
There are so many opportunity out there to raise funds but till depts change their attitudes then they will continue to struggle.
Like I always say fire Depts are their own worst enemy
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